Biography
Tenor, was born in 1986 in Athens. He studied music composition at the Ionian University in Corfu and singing at the Municipal Conservatory of Kalamata (Christina Yannakopoulou). He graduated his master studies in Opera with Barbara Bonney at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg (Alexander S. Onassis and State Scholarships’ Foundation Scholarships.) He studied also with Aris Christofelis.
In 2007 he received the First Prize at the National Yamaha’s Vocal Competition (YMFE) in Athens and in 2013 he joined the Rossini Opera Academy in Pesaro under the guidance of Alberto Zedda.
In 2008 he debuted as Edoardo in Rossini’s La cambiale di matrimonio at the Municipal Theatre of Corfu. His repertoire includes mostly leading rossinian, mozartian, baroque and belcanto roles such as Conte d’Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola), Lindoro (Italiana in Algeri), Conte di Libenskof (Il viaggio a Reims), Bertrando (L’inganno felice), Adina (Selimo), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Ferrando (Cosi fan Tutte), Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Elvino (La Sonnambula), Andres (Wozzeck), Jimmy Mahoney (Rise and Fall of the city of Mahagonny) a.o. and operetta roles like Pluton (Orpheus in the Underworld), Paris (La belle Helene) and Alfred (Die Fledermaus). He has also interpreted sacred music such as the Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio I-III and Johannes Passion, Händel’s La Resurrezione, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Haydn’s The Creation a.o. As Soloist has sung in important venues including Greek National Opera, Megaron Hall in Athens and in Thessaloniki, Hellenic Festival, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro and in Bad Wildbad, Savonlinna Opera Festival, Linbury Theatre of Covent Garden ROH in London, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Teatro Lirico G.Verdi di Trieste, Theater an der Wien, National Theatre of Prague, Hungary State Opera, Teatro Nacional São Carlos in Lisbon, Landestheater in Salzburg, Theater Heidelberg, Göteborg’s Opera, Royal Opera in Stockholm, Magravial Opera House in Beyreuth, Bozar in Brussels, a.o. He has collaborated with important conductors such as Diego Fasolis, Antonino Fogliani, Carlo Rizzi, Donato Renzetti, Philippe Auguin, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Francesco Lanzilotta, Lucas Karytinos, George Petrou a.o.
His discography includes two First World Premieres such as Gluck’s Il trionfo di Clelia (DMG) and Weigl’s Il Sacrifizio (Newplay) and additionally Rossini’s Semiramide (Mitrane) (Naxos).
